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Japanese TV Continues to Confuse, This Time With Usain Bolt

This has pretty much everything you need for a good, confusing Japanese TV bit. Guy in blackface? Check. Inflatable character? Check. Woman dressed as bunny awarding Olympic medal? Check.↵
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↵If you’re wondering what it’s from, it’s a show called Kinchan and Katori Shingo’s All Japan Costume Grand Prix, which Wikipedia describes as “ a semi-annual show on NTV in which various amateur groups (or solo artists) perform short skits, which are rated by a panel of judges.”↵↵But yeah, Japan still hasn’t gotten that memo the rest of the world sent about blackface. Not a good look.↵

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